Human Impact Vocabulary Quiz

What does the term carrying capacity describe?

• The maximum number of birth rates for a population.

• The ability of a population to accept new immigrants.

• The ratio of birth rates to death rates in a population.

• The population size that the environment can sustain.

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What type of growth is shown in the diagram? (a)  

• exponential growth
• logistic growth 
• predator-prey cycle
• boom-bust curve

An environmental factor such as predation, disease, and competition that depends on the number of members in a population per unit (or area) is called ___________.

(a)  

• density- dependent factor
• density-independent factor
• population
• point source pollution

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Limiting factors which impact the size of a population no matter how large that population is.

• Density Independent Limiting Factors
• Density Dependent Limiting Factors
• Carrying Capacity
• Exponential Growth

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What is deforestation?

• Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale
• Eating too much vegetables
• Going to a forest and pulling weeds
• Clearing the five trees in my backyard

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How is acid rain formed?

• Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide mix with water in the ocean.
• Carbon dioxide and oxygen mix with water in the air.
• Sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide mix with lake water.
• Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide mix with water in the air.

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What is bio-remediation?

• Process where organic things are used to break down pollution

• When you use biology to meditate

• When you amend biological things

• Process where you watch bacteria break things down

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Reclamation is.....

• not required in the US.
• a process that causes significant environmental damage.
• returning the land back to its original condition after mining
• required for every country and every type of mine in the world.

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What is the most important thing in Photochemical reaction? (a)  

• Light
• temperature
• pressure
• catalyst

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An example of Point Source Pollution

• urban runoff
• Sediment from improperly managed construction sites
• discharges from wastewater treatment plants
• eroding streambanks